*Humming* Dark was humming her favorite song while Lucky was drooping his ears.
"Dark can you stop humming. It's annoying. Lucky said, annoyed.
"Well too bad." Dark teased. She hummed louder.
"Dark, why you have to be my partner."
"Because I want too and you pick me to be your partner. Or the boss did. That reminds me. What's his name."
"Who, the boss?"
"Yeah."
"You don't know his name? His name is-"
"WATCH OUT!" A female voice yelled. "Ah!" *Crash* lucky dodged while Dark was hit.
"Ow." A female voice said. It was a mare that crashed Dark. But Dark did a quick reaction. A really quick one. What she did was, she grabbed the mare's foreleg and pulled it to her left because the mare came from the right. She did got hit from the mare's side but recovered quickly.
"You alright." Dark asked. She shook her head from confusion.
"Yeah. I'm alright. Sorry for crashing into you. I was doing some awesome spectacular stunt, that failed." A mare said.
"On top of the path where ponies go in and out of Ponyville?" Lucky said.
"Yeah, so? Anyway, I gotta go. See ya."
"Wait. What is your name?" Dark asked.
"Oh. The name Rainbow Dash. The fastest flyer in Equestria."
"Oh really. Let's see who's the fastest flyer in Equestria." Dark opened her wings to show her as in threat.
"Is that a challenge I hear." Rainbow Dash opened her wings also.
"Tomorrow at noon."
"Deal." Rainbow Dash and Dark gave both each others hoof bump. Rainbow Dash flew and left. Dark made a smirk that made it look evil. Lucky just stood there watching like a bystander.
"Well that was interesting. Why did you do that?" Lucky said.
"Why not. I used to race when I was a filly. I was the fastest and of course, the roughest flyer in school. Since Rainbow Dash said she's the fastest flyer in Equestria, I would like a challenge and beat her title." Dark said.
"Sounds fun. I would like to see the race when I get a chance."
"You would like to see me win the race."
"I would like to see you try to win the race which you will not."
"Let's see about that."
"I will."
"Okay!"
"You two love birds done arguing?" A stallion that was in front of them blurted. He was chilling outside in front of the research facility entrance.
"Love birds? No we're not engaged. I'm his friend." Dark said, blushing.
"Yeah and I have a wife and foal." Lucky said, correcting him.
"Well sorry." He blankly said.
"Hey wait a minute. I remember you. You was that guy that told me the filly attacked puddle." Dark exclaimed.
"Yep, that's me." He said.
"Puddle said that you let her unlock the cell door which cause some of the ponies that work here get hurt. Even puddle is badly hurt. She's in bad condition right now." Dark said with a hint of mad tone.
"Oh, so this is my fault. That's what you're telling me." He protest.
"Yes. Of course this is your fault!" Dark said, starting to become aggravated.
"The boss said to me that I need to clean the cell. Well I cleaned it. Heh... I don't even need the tranquilizer." He said. Dark was about to say something more but stopped and looked at him.
"What do you mean you didn't use the tranquilizer. What did you do?" Dark said, becoming worried.
"Find out." That's all he said before he started to walk away from the facility. He did a smirk on his lips. Dark galloped inside the facility and galloped to the room where the filly's cell was at. Lucky was confused by this. So he followed Dark to the room.
Dark opened the door wide and her eyes narrowed. What Dark see was water-covered floor, some water was flowing down from the cell, and the filly was cringing herself to get warmth. Dark walked in front of the cell, making water splash from each step she took. The filly perk her ears up and quirked her head to look at where the noise were coming from. Dark lowered her head to level the filly's head. The filly got up and moved back to the back of the cell wall. Dark became angry at the stallion who did this to her. Lucky barged in the room and looked at the surrounding of the room.
"Wow. Dark, you okay?" Lucky said, looking at Dark. Dark stood there with her tail down, touching the water-covered floor. Dark was facing in front of the cell. "Dark."
"Where is he." Dark suddenly put her head back up and her tail back the way it was.
"Dark you don't need to-" Lucky got interrupted.
"WHERE IS HE!" Dark turned around with an angry evil look. Lucky startled by this because Dark looked very evil with her eyes looking through his soul.
"He... he left. Dark please don't do this." Lucky tried to reason her but it was not working. Dark opened her wings and started to trot out the room. Lucky cut in front of her, causing Dark to stop her tracks.
"He doesn't deserve this such violence like this."
"He doesn't deserve!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS! He hurt that little filly and you telling me HE DON'T DESERVE THIS!?"
"Come on Dark. You know there's another way of this. Not fighting. Just please... stop."
Dark looked at him, then the door. "Argh!" *Bang* Dark hit the floor with her hoof which cause the spot that she hit crack. Dark turned around and walked towards the front of the cell while she furled her wings. The filly was still at the back of the cell but not scared.
"I'll go and talk to the boss." Lucky left the room. The filly moved to the center of the cell. She then moved slowly towards Dark. Dark head was down which her mane covered her face. The filly was now next to Dark. The filly made a soft low sound. Dark looked up to see the filly was close to her, not scared anymore. This made Dark calm down. She stick her forehoof out between the bars, at the level of the filly's head. Dark heard a growl and the filly was touching her forehoof. She saw the filly rubbing Dark's hoof and the filly wasn't growling, she was purring. Dark was surprised to see the filly letting her touch her. Dark smiled. The filly was still wet but she stopped shivering from the cold water and Dark didn"t care that her hoof was wet. Lucky came in the room.
"Dark I have bad news for you." Lucky said. Dark stopped smiling.
"Tell me." Dark said.
"The boss is retiring. He's not going to be running this place no more."
"HE WHAT!?"
"*Sigh* My friend told me the boss is retiring."
"Where is he."
"I don't know. My friend don't know where he is either."
"Who's the new boss." Dark said. Lucky became nervous.
"The new boss is the guy that hurt the filly." Lucky said, nervously. Dark was dumbstruck.
"Lucky, please tell me that you're kidding."
"I'm not. I can't believe it too. But this is true and he might do something to this filly and this place."
"That son of a-"
"Dark! Language."
Dark thought of something that she never thought before. It might be crazy but it's the only way to keep that hurtful stallion out of reach.
"Lucky, before I say anything, I want you to trust me with this." Dark walked towards the key holder.
"Dark? What are you doing?" Lucky said, curiously.
Dark grabbed a key from her mouth and turned around. "I'm going to take the filly to my place." Dark trotted to the cell door and inserted the key from the lock.
"Dark are you crazy? That filly will attack you like the one she did to puddle." Lucky exclaimed. The lock pop opened and Dark took it out.
"Don't worry about that. We have no other choice. That stallion will hurt this filly. Do you want that to happen?"
"No, but Dark-"
"But what."
Lucky looked at the filly and Dark. The filly was looking confused but she had pleading eyes. Lucky could tell that she wants to get out of this cell. Dark on the other hoof, was worried about the filly. Something that made her feel this way. Something that made her calm and not being rough. Lucky saw this, especially Dark. Everytime she with that filly, she became... different.
"You know what? You're right. There is no other choice. I see that you want that stallion out of reach of that filly. What he did was wrong and I know that since he runs this place now, he will hurt her worse. So Dark, do what you have to do to help this filly get away from his hooves." Lucky said.
Dark looked at him for a few seconds. "Thank you Lucky." Dark opened the cell door and went inside of the cell.
"Be careful." Lucky said, worried. Dark was now inside of the cell with the filly inside.
"It's time to get you out of this place." Dark slowly walked towards the filly. The filly went into pouncing mode and growled at Dark.
"I don't want to hurt you but if you don't let me leash you-" Dark glanced at Lucky. Dark gave a nod to him. Lucky responded the nod and gave her a leash. "Then I have to force to leash you." Dark walked closer to the filly. The filly was ready to pounce at Dark, but she glimpsed at the cell door. Instead of attacking her, she bolted towards the cell door. But Dark did a quick reaction and caught the filly with a leash on the filly's neck. The leash tightened. The filly fell back and got choked by the leash when she was bolting her way out. The filly recovered quickly and quirked her body to face Dark. She started to fight back by trying to get the leash off her. Dark was also fighting back to get the leash tighter. Dark pulled the leash which tighten the leash around the filly's neck. The filly tried to bolt away but Dark finally had her leashed.
"Lucky. Grab the leash." Dark muffled her words from the leash she was holding from her mouth. Lucky grabbed the leash from his mouth tightly. Dark let go of the leash and went towards the filly.
"Calm down little one." Dark said. The filly growled at dark while still trying to get the leash off her. Soon the filly grew tired from trying to get the leash off her. Dark put a hoof on the filly's back and stroke it gently. The filly was startled by this. She was going to bite Dark but she stopped herself. She was too tired to fight anymore and she felt that Dark was not threating her anymore. Every stroke Dark took, the filly felt relax. While Dark continued to stroke the filly's back, the filly grew more tired and was now going to sleep. She closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Lucky let go of the leash and walked next to Dark. "Wow. How are we going to get her out of this place?" Lucky said.
"The back door." Dark said.
"Oh. Yeah, good plan."
Lucky grabbed the filly with his hooves and put the filly on Dark's back.
"Thank you Lucky. I got this. See you tomorrow."
"See ya and be careful." As they had their goodbyes, Dark trotted out the room and went through the hallways to get to the backdoor while trying to stabilize the filly with her wings from falling of her back. Dark found the exit and went out of the building. It was a cloudy night outside and it was dark but the light in the town provided light in the dim sky.
"Okay little filly, better hold on tight." Dark thought to herself. She turned her head over her shoulder and grabbed the leash that was hanging on her side from her mouth. She stood up on her hindlegs and used her forehooves to tighten the leash around her upper body.
"There, now we could fly." Dark said to herself. She landed on four and she opened her wings. She shook her latter to make sure the filly won't fall. She was secured. After that, she jumped and flapped her wings. High she went and she took off flying towards her home.
The filly stirred from her little sleep and adjusted her eyes to clear her blurry vision. She was confused at first but realized she was on top of a pony. She looked down and saw the ground far away from her. Her eyes narrowed and neighed. She grabbed dark's neck tightly and startled Dark.
"Ah, you choking... me." Dark exclaimed. The filly was holding Dark's neck tightly for her dear life while Dark tried to break free from the choke. Dark couldn't break free from the embrace because she was still flying and had to focus where she was going. A few minutes later, Dark stopped in front of her house and landed in front of the door.
She opened a secret compartment from the side of the door which was the small opening on the door frame and took out a key. She inserted the key from the keyhole and unlocked the door. She opened the door and went inside. She took the key out and put the key back.
"Well little filly, welcome to my home." Dark said. The filly was still holding Dark's neck but not tightly. She was clenching her eyes, unaware that Dark was not flying anymore.
"You can let go now." Dark asked. The filly didn't respond. Dark stood up on her hindlegs and used her forehooves to untie the leash that was wrap around her upper body. The filly felt the leash getting loose, so she opened her eyes and looked around her new surroundings. Dark untied the leash and let go of the leash. The filly then fell from Dark's back and got dazed, making her eyes spin around and derp. Dark stood on her four and turned around to face the filly.
"Sorry about that. Too tired." Dark jumped and flew quickly to the windows and closed them. Also the doors. The filly shook her daze off and looked around. She got up and stood there with her right foreleg up. Dark landed on the floor and furled her wings with a little flapping. Dark looked at the filly and was surprised that the filly was standing there looking around instead of trying to escape. The filly was very curious around the new environment. Dark cleared her throat which caught the filly's attention. Dark walked upstairs and into the short hallway to a door and opened it to reveal her room. Dark went downstairs but stopped in the middle of the stairs and waved her hoof to come upstairs. The filly didn't understand what she was doing. So she stood there looking at her with her head tilted to the left while she putting her right foreleg down. Dark sigh and trotted towards the filly. The filly went into attack mode which stopped dark from coming close to her.
"I'm not going to hurt you this time." Dark cooed. The filly saw Dark showing her warm smile to her. She slowly stopped her attack mode and stared at Dark. Dark thought how to get her into Dark's room. Even though it's a bad idea but somewhat she felt that the filly will not harm her unless she threatened her. An idea came into her head. Dark walked to a nightstand next to her couch and grabbed a box that looked antique. She walked back to the filly while holding a box with her hoof and sat down on the floor on her haunches. She turned the box around and found a key that was connected to the box. She turned it clockwise making a ticking sound and when she let go, the box opened on top and there was a pony with a tutu on. It spun slowly in the center while it was on the ballerina pose. The lullaby song came on and Dark and the filly listened to the song. The filly slowly starting to close her eyes and laid down on the floor. Dark yawned from the song and looked at the filly that was now fast asleep. She closed the box which stopped the song and the key. She got up and put back where the box was at. She grabbed the filly and put it from her back. She then went upstairs and in her room. She put down the filly on the bed and she laid down on the bed also, on the other side. The filly made a cute yawn and stretch her legs out. Then she coiled herself. Dark chuckled, closed her eyes and went to sleep.
a/n: I want to say thank you for the people that followed my story, and the other people that followed me. I worked hard for this and it's going to be harder because of school and life. I would be really appreciated for the story followers to follow me if you want. I made a new story called CMC New York. Also check out my other stories. Here is one of these stories that are getting more views on my profile: Slenderpony and Rough time goes by. Enjoy. (ubermaster, if you are reading this, I want to tell you this. I've read your bio and you like Slenderman. So for the slenderpony 2, I didn't do it yet but I will do it when time comes. It will be base on Slender, the arrival.) These stories are mine. I do not own anything.